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nail1. slang To catch, apprehend, or arrest someone. After nearly three months on the run, police in Arkansas finally nailed the two fugitives. I heard Jimmy was nailed in Chicago last night. He'd better not squeal on us! 2. slang To catch someone out; to expose someone, as in a lie or a criminal or dishonest act. The undercover investigative journalist nailed the CEO in an attempt to bribe a state senator. I got my story mixed up, and my parents ended up nailing me in a lie. nail1. tv. to arrest someone. (see also nailed.) The cops nailed him right in his own doorway. 2. Go to coffin nail. 3. tv. to identify someone. The officer nailed Freddy, thanks to the description the victim provided. nailed1. mod. correctly identified. The thugs sure got nailed fast. 2. mod. arrested. (see also nail.) Why am I nailed? I didn’t do anything. See:- (as) hard as nails
- (as) tough as nails
- a bed of nails
- a nail in somebody's/something's coffin
- a nail in the coffin
- a nail-biter
- another lie nailed to the counter
- another nail in (one's) coffin
- another nail in the coffin
- be (as) hard as nails
- be (as) tough as nails
- be a bed of nails
- bite (one's) nails
- bite nails
- bite one's nails
- bite your nails/fingernails
- can't nail (something) down
- cash on the nail
- coffin nail
- dumber than a doornail
- eat nails
- fight hammer and tongs
- fight tooth and nail
- final nail in the coffin
- for want of a nail
- For want of a nail the shoe was lost; for want of a shoe the horse ...
- go at each other tooth and nail
- go at it tooth and nail
- go at one another tooth and nail
- hard as nails
- hard-as-nails
- hit the bull's-eye
- hit the nail (right) on the head
- hit the nail on the head
- hit the nail on the head, to
- if all you have is a hammer, everything looks like a nail
- like nailing Jell-O to a cross
- like nailing Jell-O to a tree
- like nailing Jell-O to the wall
- like nailing jelly to the wall
- like trying to nail Jell-O to a cross
- like trying to nail Jell-O to a tree
- like trying to nail Jell-O to the wall
- mad enough to chew nails
- mad enough to chew nails and spit rivets
- mad enough to eat nails
- mad enough to spit nails
- nail
- nail (one) to a cross
- nail (one) to the wall
- nail (one's) colors to the mast
- nail (one's) colours to the mast
- nail (one's) ears back
- nail (one's) hide to the wall
- nail (something) back
- nail (something) down
- nail (something) into
- nail (something) onto (something else)
- nail a lie
- nail a/the lie
- nail back
- nail down
- nail ears back
- nail in
- nail in (someone's or something's) coffin
- nail in coffin
- nail in one's coffin
- nail in one's coffin, drive/put a
- nail in the coffin
- nail in the coffin of (something)
- nail into
- nail it
- nail Jell-O to a cross
- nail Jell-O to a tree
- nail Jell-O to the wall
- nail one's colors to the mast
- nail onto
- nail polish on a hangnail
- nail somebody to the wall
- nail someone to a cross
- nail someone to the wall
- nail someone‘s hide to the wall
- nail to a cross
- nail up
- nail your colours to the mast
- nail-biting
- nailed
- nail-em-and-jail-em
- on the nail
- pay (someone) on the nail
- pin down
- right on the nail
- spit nails
- squint like a bag of nails
- tail 'em, nail 'em, and jail 'em
- tooth and nail
- tooth and nail, fight/with
- tough as nails
- tough as old boots
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